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by Saaret E. Yoseph onSeptember 28, 2009
Can black male characters hang in the era of the bromance? Or is the trend all about emasculation?
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August 14, 2009
With its social commentary and existential angst 'District 9' is certainly not your typical alien invasion flick in which plotline is secondary to special effects. Who knew a sci-fi thriller could actually have a heart?
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June 29, 2009
Maybe even less than meets the eye...
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June 24, 2009
VIDEO: Spike Lee, in a conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root's Editor-in-Chief, calls out the critics who predicted violence at the release of his groundbreaking 1989 film and clarifies what the "right thing" really was.
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June 22, 2009
Maybe Spike will play along and give me a scene from the script.
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by Henry Louis Gates Jr. onJune 19, 2009
Twenty years after Do the Right Thing, and Spike Lee, that angry, ebony wunderkind of the ’80s, is now middle-aged. The 1989 film may not be his masterpiece, but no other film got people talking about race—or still has people talking about race—like it did, and does.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onJune 18, 2009
Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of our favorite Spike Lee Joint.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onJune 18, 2009
Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of our favorite Spike Lee Joint.
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by Nick Charles onApril 7, 2009
Algenis Perez Soto steals the spotlight in this baseball film as a young Dominican pitcher trying to make it to the big leagues.
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by Nick Charles onFebruary 26, 2009
This isn't your ordinary black film. There's no stepping, no hip-hop and no black men in drag. 'Medicine for Melancholy' tells a story of what happens after a one-night stand turns to a daylong love affair.
